RE: gnome 3 vnc

2017-09-27 Thread Zoltán Herman
r vnc server, as a > second gnome session running on the same machine? > > > > *From:* Alexander V. Makartsev [mailto:avbe...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 27, 2017 6:40 AM > *To:* debian-user@lists.debian.org > *Subject:* Re: gnome 3 vnc > > > > Yes.

RE: gnome 3 vnc

2017-09-27 Thread john
, 2017 6:40 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: gnome 3 vnc Yes. Package you need is "x11vnc". Be sure to connect to it using ssh tunnel with private\public keys for security. Good guide: http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/ On 27.09.2017 08:49, j...@bluemarble.net

Re: gnome 3 vnc

2017-09-27 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
Yes. Package you need is "x11vnc". Be sure to connect to it using ssh tunnel with private\public keys for security. Good guide: http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/ On 27.09.2017 08:49, j...@bluemarble.net wrote: > Is there a way to launch a gnome 3 session in VNC while I'm still logged > in on my co

Re: GNOME 3, how do you ensure windows are grouped in the dash?

2016-03-09 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2016-03-09, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > > --=-UdXi+Shlqsrm1vW2wBHc > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > On Wed, 2016-03-09 at 09:18 +, Liam O'Toole wrote: >> On 2016-03-09, Andy Smith wrote: >>=20 >> [...] >>=20 >> >=20 >> > I am aware t

Re: GNOME 3, how do you ensure windows are grouped in the dash?

2016-03-09 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Wed, Mar 09, 2016 at 11:36:18AM +0100, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > On Wed, 2016-03-09 at 10:17 +, Andy Smith wrote: > > It would be a real shame if this could not be achieved with > > arbitrary applications, as I find urxvt a lot faster than > > gnome-terminal. :( > > Interesting, g-t h

Re: GNOME 3, how do you ensure windows are grouped in the dash?

2016-03-09 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Wed, 2016-03-09 at 10:32 +, Andy Smith wrote: > The annoying thing is, if I start one urxvt and then open multiple > others from within it by typing urxvt inside it then all of them are > grouped. But if I start multiple urxvt from different .desktop > files, they are each separate. So I'm n

Re: GNOME 3, how do you ensure windows are grouped in the dash?

2016-03-09 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Wed, 2016-03-09 at 10:17 +, Andy Smith wrote: > It would be a real shame if this could not be achieved with > arbitrary applications, as I find urxvt a lot faster than > gnome-terminal. :( Interesting, g-t has been considered to be very fast: http://martin.ankerl.com/2007/09/01/comprehensiv

Re: GNOME 3, how do you ensure windows are grouped in the dash?

2016-03-09 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Sven, On Wed, Mar 09, 2016 at 11:05:14AM +0100, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > On Wed, 2016-03-09 at 09:18 +, Liam O'Toole wrote: > No surprise as gnome-terminal is well integrated with GNOME :) > > But xterm also have its windows grouped in the shell. Hmm... > > I examined the window hints set

Re: GNOME 3, how do you ensure windows are grouped in the dash?

2016-03-09 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Wed, Mar 09, 2016 at 09:18:52AM +, Liam O'Toole wrote: > On 2016-03-09, Andy Smith wrote: > > The thing is, I really like urxvt! And I really like having one > > urxvt window for each host, using screen to have multiple sessions > > within each one. > > That is exactly my workflow.

Re: GNOME 3, how do you ensure windows are grouped in the dash?

2016-03-09 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Wed, 2016-03-09 at 09:18 +, Liam O'Toole wrote: > On 2016-03-09, Andy Smith wrote: > > [...] > > > > > I am aware that I could change my workflow. I could use one > > terminal > > with screen or tmux or similar to have a different window on each > > host. I know I could use terminator to

Re: GNOME 3, how do you ensure windows are grouped in the dash?

2016-03-09 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2016-03-09, Andy Smith wrote: [...] > I am aware that I could change my workflow. I could use one terminal > with screen or tmux or similar to have a different window on each > host. I know I could use terminator to have multiple terminal > windows inside one window. Or I could use a tabbed t

Re: Gnome 3 VNC server issue

2015-07-04 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2015-07-03, Rob Nieuwenhuizen wrote: > When try to enable my vnc server on Debian Jessie: > > I have to unmanage my network interfaces from /etc/network/interfaces > > The only way to start remote desktop on my internal interface is to > let the gnome network manager control my interface. > > T

Re: Gnome 3 password-protected screensaver / Jessie

2014-05-30 Thread Gary Dale
On 29/05/14 04:05 PM, Michael Biebl wrote: Am 29.05.2014 15:30, schrieb Gary Dale: In may case, I have a working screen saver when using the KDE desktop but not when using Gnome 3. Checking with Synaptic, I have screen saver packages installed but they don't appear to functioning when using Gno

Re: Gnome 3 password-protected screensaver / Jessie

2014-05-30 Thread David Dušanić
29.05.2014, 15:30, "Gary Dale" : >  On 29/05/14 07:14 AM, David Dušanić wrote: >>   29.05.2014, 05:24, "Gary Dale" : >  If you are getting different results then your system has a different >  setup from mine. If you've got a working password-protected screen >  saver, I'd like to know how you got

Re: Gnome 3 password-protected screensaver / Jessie

2014-05-29 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 29.05.2014 15:30, schrieb Gary Dale: > In may case, I have a working screen saver when using the KDE desktop > but not when using Gnome 3. Checking with Synaptic, I have screen saver > packages installed but they don't appear to functioning when using Gnome 3. Are you using gdm3 as display man

Re: Gnome 3 password-protected screensaver / Jessie

2014-05-29 Thread Gary Dale
On 29/05/14 06:47 AM, D.E. Bil wrote: On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 06:31:52PM -0400, Gary Dale wrote: Does such a thing exist and how can I activate it if it does? Install "suckless-tools" and check out "slock". Thanks. With xautolock it works. I added it to the gnome session startup which should

Re: Gnome 3 password-protected screensaver / Jessie

2014-05-29 Thread Gary Dale
On 29/05/14 07:14 AM, David Dušanić wrote: 29.05.2014, 05:24, "Gary Dale" : ...but there is no provision for a password. Just begin to type your password and you will see a prompt to log in. No I don't. If I touch the keyboard or mouse when the screen blanker or power-suspend is in effect, t

Re: Gnome 3 password-protected screensaver / Jessie

2014-05-29 Thread David Dušanić
29.05.2014, 05:24, "Gary Dale" : ...but there is no provision for a password. Just begin to type your password and you will see a prompt to log in. -- David Dusanic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@

Re: Gnome 3 password-protected screensaver / Jessie

2014-05-29 Thread D.E. Bil
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 06:31:52PM -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > Does such a thing exist and how can I activate it if it does? Install "suckless-tools" and check out "slock". -- debil :wq -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? C

Re: Gnome 3 password-protected screensaver / Jessie

2014-05-28 Thread Gary Dale
On 28/05/14 06:54 PM, Filip wrote: On Wed, 28 May 2014 18:31:52 -0400 Gary Dale wrote: Does such a thing exist and how can I activate it if it does? Last time I checked it was still included, and you could set up up with the standard settings menu in gnome-shell. Blank screen only, of cours

Re: Gnome 3 password-protected screensaver / Jessie

2014-05-28 Thread Filip
On Wed, 28 May 2014 18:31:52 -0400 Gary Dale wrote: > Does such a thing exist and how can I activate it if it does? > > Last time I checked it was still included, and you could set up up with the standard settings menu in gnome-shell. Blank screen only, of course. But as they are prone to rem

Re: Check config files on upgrade (was ... Re: Gnome 3 fail scenario)

2014-01-26 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 11:59:28AM +, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 00:39:47 +1300 > Chris Bannister wrote: > > Hello Chris, > > >keep my own version of the config file, which led to my crisis. > >Now if I had known to compare the new '/etc/vim/vimrc' with my one ... > > IDK what

Re: Check config files on upgrade (was ... Re: Gnome 3 fail scenario)

2014-01-26 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 00:39:47 +1300 Chris Bannister wrote: Hello Chris, >keep my own version of the config file, which led to my crisis. >Now if I had known to compare the new '/etc/vim/vimrc' with my one ... IDK what it was like then, but nowadays you're asked if you wish to view the difference

Check config files on upgrade (was ... Re: Gnome 3 fail scenario)

2014-01-26 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 07:53:28PM -0500, Bob Bernstein wrote: > Why oh why do I ever choose the package maintainer's config for a > package I have already config'd? It's one of those questions that > plagues perennial philosophy. But I digress... It can bite you both ways! e.g. if a major new ver

Re: Gnome 3 fail scenario

2014-01-26 Thread Joe
On Sat, 25 Jan 2014 19:53:28 -0500 (EST) Bob Bernstein wrote: > > Why oh why do I ever choose the package maintainer's config for a > package I have already config'd? It's one of those questions that > plagues perennial philosophy. Because sometimes if you don't, things break badly. Upgradi

Re: GNOME 3 non-responsive?

2013-06-25 Thread MRH
On 24/06/13 10:22, Stephen Allen wrote: On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 05:02:39PM +0100, MRH wrote: Hi, I run Debian wheezy/sid. After recent updates (resulting in mix of GNOME 3.4 / 3.8 the new gnome shell has became unresponsive. I mean I can log in, but then there is no top panel, no window top fra

Re: GNOME 3 non-responsive?

2013-06-24 Thread Stephen Allen
On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 05:02:39PM +0100, MRH wrote: > Hi, > > I run Debian wheezy/sid. After recent updates (resulting in mix of > GNOME 3.4 / 3.8 the new gnome shell has became unresponsive. I mean > I can log in, but then there is no top panel, no window top frames > (so I cannot minimise / clo

Re: GNOME 3 issue - Evolution is offline due to a network outage

2013-05-07 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, May 04, 2013 at 08:51:54PM +0100, sue wrote: > hello the man who helps me usually is away at present, can you tell me > step y step how to reconnect the network > > thanks Read this: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html then watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2Vu3u

Re: GNOME 3 issue - Evolution is offline due to a network outage

2013-05-06 Thread sue
hello the man who helps me usually is away at present, can you tell me step y step how to reconnect the network thanks sue -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debia

Re: Gnome 3 Fallback Mode forked

2013-01-20 Thread Ellwood Blues
2013/1/20 Yaro Kasear : > On 01/20/2013 06:35 AM, Mark Allums wrote: >> >> Slashdot reported that SolusOS has announced a fork of the Gnome 3 >> Fallback >> Mode. It is designed to bring back the mode that was cut from Gnome 3 >> with >> version 3.8. Like the original fallback mode, it uses gtk3

RE: Gnome 3 Fallback Mode forked

2013-01-20 Thread Mark Allums
> From: Yaro Kasear [mailto:y...@marupa.net] > On 01/20/2013 06:35 AM, Mark Allums wrote: > > Slashdot reported that SolusOS has announced a fork of the Gnome 3 > Fallback > > Mode. It is designed to bring back the mode that was cut from Gnome 3 > with > > version 3.8. Like the original fallback

Re: Gnome 3 Fallback Mode forked

2013-01-20 Thread Yaro Kasear
On 01/20/2013 06:35 AM, Mark Allums wrote: Slashdot reported that SolusOS has announced a fork of the Gnome 3 Fallback Mode. It is designed to bring back the mode that was cut from Gnome 3 with version 3.8. Like the original fallback mode, it uses gtk3 and does not require hardware acceleration

Re: Gnome 3 Fallback Mode forked

2013-01-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:50:49 +0100, Mark Allums wrote: -Original Message- From: Ralf Mardorf [mailto:ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net] Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2013 7:36 AM To: Mark Allums Subject: [off-list] Re: Gnome 3 Fallback Mode forked On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:23:38 +0100, Mark Allums

RE: Gnome 3 Fallback Mode forked

2013-01-20 Thread Mark Allums
From: Ralf Mardorf [mailto:ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net] > Just my personal preference. > > I switched to Xfce, but I'm still using applications from bloated DEs I > used in the past, IOW I still use KDE and GNOME apps. > > By doing this I run into serious issues on latest Xubuntu. I guess the > ap

Re: Gnome 3 Fallback Mode forked

2013-01-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Just my personal preference. I switched to Xfce, but I'm still using applications from bloated DEs I used in the past, IOW I still use KDE and GNOME apps. By doing this I run into serious issues on latest Xubuntu. I guess the apps are more up-to-date versions, than used on Debian. On Free

Re: Gnome 3 Fallback Mode forked

2013-01-20 Thread Ellwood Blues
2013/1/20 Mark Allums : > Slashdot reported that SolusOS has announced a fork of the Gnome 3 Fallback > Mode. It is designed to bring back the mode that was cut from Gnome 3 with > version 3.8. Like the original fallback mode, it uses gtk3 and does not > require hardware acceleration. It also al

Re: Gnome 3 fallback not working with Silicon Motion GPU

2012-07-04 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:55:11 +0100, Andrew Wood wrote: > On 03/07/12 18:02, Camaleón wrote: >> >> Is the same when you login with a fresh-new created user? >> >> In principle I don't see it as a VGA driver problem :-? >> >> Anyway, you can check the driver in use from your /var/log/Xorg.0.log >

Re: Gnome 3 fallback not working with Silicon Motion GPU

2012-07-04 Thread Andrew Wood
On 03/07/12 18:02, Camaleón wrote: Is the same when you login with a fresh-new created user? In principle I don't see it as a VGA driver problem :-? Anyway, you can check the driver in use from your /var/log/Xorg.0.log and also when running "lspci -vv" (scroll down for the VGA card and look

Re: Gnome 3 fallback not working with Silicon Motion GPU

2012-07-03 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:04:06 +0100, Andrew Wood wrote: > Im trying to get Wheezy with Gnome 3 in fallback mode to work on an old > machine which has a Silicon Motion SM712 LynxEM+ GPU. > > It starts up in fallback mode OK but the display isnt right. The theme > for buttons & scrollbars is just th

Re: gnome 3 not loading

2012-01-14 Thread mond
On Jan 14, 11:50 am, Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:20:32 -0800, mond wrote: > > Since the update of gnome3, I can only log in (from gdm3) gnome classic > > which is essentially just gnome2. I can run gnome-shell (with replace > > option) in gnome classic. If I choose to log in gnome3, t

Re: gnome 3 not loading

2012-01-14 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:20:32 -0800, mond wrote: > Since the update of gnome3, I can only log in (from gdm3) gnome classic > which is essentially just gnome2. I can run gnome-shell (with replace > option) in gnome classic. If I choose to log in gnome3, the system > freeze at showing the wall paper,

Re: Gnome 3 update makes PDFs open in inkscape

2011-12-26 Thread Ross Vandegrift
On Mon, 2011-12-26 at 08:38 +, Alan Chandler wrote: > On 23/12/11 15:05, Ross Vandegrift wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I recently pulled in the updates that brought Gnome 3. Now, anytime I > > try to open a PDF in iceweasel, they are opened with inkscape instead of > > evince. There's a bug f

Re: Gnome 3 update makes PDFs open in inkscape

2011-12-26 Thread Alan Chandler
On 23/12/11 15:05, Ross Vandegrift wrote: Hello all, I recently pulled in the updates that brought Gnome 3. Now, anytime I try to open a PDF in iceweasel, they are opened with inkscape instead of evince. There's a bug filed on this problem (#613752), but it includes no workaround. gnome-contr

Re: gnome 3 refugee: new kernel loses keyboard and mouse.

2011-12-04 Thread doug
On 12/04/2011 08:14 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: Only try this if your keyboard is a usb keyboard. If you do it with a ps/2 keyboard you'll probably have to buy a new motherboard after the people with those trucks that have lots of water visit you and put your computer out. pull the usb keyboard co

Re: gnome 3 refugee: new kernel loses keyboard and mouse.

2011-12-04 Thread Jude DaShiell
Only try this if your keyboard is a usb keyboard. If you do it with a ps/2 keyboard you'll probably have to buy a new motherboard after the people with those trucks that have lots of water visit you and put your computer out. pull the usb keyboard connection out of the machine before entering

Re: gnome 3 refugee: new kernel loses keyboard and mouse.

2011-12-04 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:23:09 +, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:13:49 +0100, Lorenzo Sutton wrote: > >> On 23/11/2011 17:05, Hendrik Boom wrote: >>> >>> But the story doesn't end there. It gets worse. >>> >>> This morning I upgraded again. Now I have a brand-new kernel >>> (3.

Re: GNOME 3 Alt-Tab takes two hands now

2011-12-01 Thread Iuri Guilherme dos Santos Martins
Em 01-12-2011 03:20, Brian Flaherty escreveu: On 11/30/2011 08:46 AM, Iuri Guilherme dos Santos Martins wrote: You may configure that in the window manager Where does one do that? Well i think the window manager you use is metacity, so you will have luck searching for this. -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: GNOME 3 Alt-Tab takes two hands now

2011-11-30 Thread Brian Flaherty
On 11/30/2011 08:46 AM, Iuri Guilherme dos Santos Martins wrote: You may configure that in the window manager Where does one do that? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http

Re: GNOME 3 Alt-Tab takes two hands now

2011-11-30 Thread Iuri Guilherme dos Santos Martins
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Re: Re: GNOME 3 Alt-Tab takes two hands now

2011-11-30 Thread B
Check out +. My initial impression is that is behaves much like our beloved + of old. It even seems to be "workspace exclusive".

Re: gnome 3 refugee: xfce sweet again

2011-11-23 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:44:31 +, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:13:49 +0100, Lorenzo Sutton wrote: > >> On 23/11/2011 17:05, Hendrik Boom wrote: >>> Yesterday I updated my wheezy system and when I restarted my machine >>> this morning all my xfce windows had lost their frames. T

Re: gnome 3 refugee: xfce went sour and new kernel loses keyboard and mouse.

2011-11-23 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:13:49 +0100, Lorenzo Sutton wrote: > On 23/11/2011 17:05, Hendrik Boom wrote: >> Yesterday I updated my wheezy system and when I restarted my machine >> this morning all my xfce windows had lost their frames. There as no >> longer a close button or a top border I could use

Re: gnome 3 refugee: xfce went sour and new kernel loses keyboard and mouse.

2011-11-23 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:13:49 +0100, Lorenzo Sutton wrote: > On 23/11/2011 17:05, Hendrik Boom wrote: >> Yesterday I updated my wheezy system and when I restarted my machine >> this morning all my xfce windows had lost their frames. There as no >> longer a close button or a top border I could use

Re: gnome 3 refugee: xfce went sour and new kernel loses keyboard and mouse.

2011-11-23 Thread Lorenzo Sutton
On 23/11/2011 17:05, Hendrik Boom wrote: Yesterday I updated my wheezy system and when I restarted my machine this morning all my xfce windows had lost their frames. There as no longer a close button or a top border I could use to move the window around. The programs within the windows worked f

Re: gnome 3 refugee: obstructive panel in xfce

2011-11-19 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 08:52:46PM +, Hendrik Boom wrote: > I've fled from gnome 3 and am mostly happy with xfce. But there's the > panel with six icons at the bottom of the screen that obscures the bottom > of a lot of windows. How can I get rid of it, or move it elsewhere? Is > it poss

Re: gnome 3 refugee: obstructive panel in xfce

2011-11-19 Thread Tom Ashley
On Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:52:46 + (UTC) Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > The screen savers are pretty, but would it be possible to have them > just go blank and save power when the laptop in not plugged in? Settings->Screensaver Change mode to "Blank Screen Only" HTH -- Tom Ashley -- To UNSUB

Re: gnome 3 refugee: obstructive panel in xfce

2011-11-18 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2011-11-18 at 20:52 +, Hendrik Boom wrote: > I've fled from gnome 3 and am mostly happy with xfce. But there's the > panel with six icons at the bottom of the screen that obscures the bottom > of a lot of windows. How can I get rid of it, or move it elsewhere? Is > it possible to

Re: gnome 3 refugee: obstructive panel in xfce

2011-11-18 Thread Joao Ferreira Gmail
On Fri, 2011-11-18 at 20:52 +, Hendrik Boom wrote: > I've fled from gnome 3 and am mostly happy with xfce. But there's the > panel with six icons at the bottom of the screen that obscures the bottom > of a lot of windows. How can I get rid of it, or move it elsewhere? Is > it possible to

Re: gnome 3 refugee: obstructive panel in xfce

2011-11-18 Thread Walter Hurry
On Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:52:46 +, Hendrik Boom wrote: > The screen savers are pretty, but would it be possible to have them just > go blank and save power when the laptop in not plugged in? You don't need any screensavers installed. man xset. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@

Re: GNOME 3 Alt-Tab takes two hands now?

2011-11-16 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:28:02 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > On 11/14/2011 09:33 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:38:03 -0800, Kevin Ross wrote: >> >>> If you have two windows open for the same application, the Alt-Tab >>> popup combines them into a single icon. To switch between windows

Re: GNOME 3 Alt-Tab takes two hands now?

2011-11-15 Thread Paul Scott
On 11/14/2011 09:33 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:38:03 -0800, Kevin Ross wrote: If you have two windows open for the same application, the Alt-Tab popup combines them into a single icon. To switch between windows of the same application, you have to hit the down arrow while the p

Re: Gnome 3 and non-free firmware

2011-11-14 Thread John S.
On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:26:43 +0200 Rares Aioanei wrote: > On 11/14/2011 03:04 AM, John S. wrote: > > I use Xfce on wheezy and and happy but I was interested enough to > > install gnome 3 on a spare drive. Everything went fine except that I > > was forced into using the fall back version as the in

Re: GNOME 3 Alt-Tab takes two hands now?

2011-11-14 Thread Kevin Ross
On 11/14/2011 08:33 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:38:03 -0800, Kevin Ross wrote: If you have two windows open for the same application, the Alt-Tab popup combines them into a single icon. To switch between windows of the same application, you have to hit the down arrow while the p

Re: GNOME 3 Alt-Tab takes two hands now?

2011-11-14 Thread Kevin Ross
On 11/14/2011 08:56 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote: On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 05:38, Kevin Ross wrote: If you have two windows open for the same application, the Alt-Tab popup combines them into a single icon. To switch between windows of the same application, you have to hit the down arrow while the pop

Re: Gnome 3 and non-free firmware

2011-11-14 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 13 nov 11, 20:04:51, John S. wrote: > I use Xfce on wheezy and and happy but I was interested enough to > install gnome 3 on a spare drive. Everything went fine except that I > was forced into using the fall back version as the installer couldn't > find a suitable graphics (3D) driver. > >

Re: GNOME 3 Alt-Tab takes two hands now?

2011-11-14 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2011 14 Nov 10:49 -0600, Tom H wrote: > By default, it's OS X-style: > alt-tab to switch apps > alt-backtick to switch windows within an app Ahh, cool! Thanks for that tip. - Nate >> -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is

Re: GNOME 3 Alt-Tab takes two hands now?

2011-11-14 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 05:38, Kevin Ross wrote: > If you have two windows open for the same application, the Alt-Tab popup > combines them into a single icon.  To switch between windows of the same > application, you have to hit the down arrow while the popup is up.  So you > have to hit Alt-Tab,

Re: GNOME 3 Alt-Tab takes two hands now?

2011-11-14 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:38:03 -0800, Kevin Ross wrote: > >> If you have two windows open for the same application, the Alt-Tab popup >> combines them into a single icon. To switch between windows of the same >> application, you have to hit the dow

Re: GNOME 3 Alt-Tab takes two hands now?

2011-11-14 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:38:03 -0800, Kevin Ross wrote: > If you have two windows open for the same application, the Alt-Tab popup > combines them into a single icon. To switch between windows of the same > application, you have to hit the down arrow while the popup is up. So > you have to hit Alt

Re: GNOME 3 extensions that mimic GNOME 2

2011-11-14 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Carlo Borelli wrote: 2011/11/13 Kevin Ross mailto:ke...@familyross.net>> I just found some extensions that give your desktop a GNOME 2 look and feel. I guess it's kinda like fallback mode, but fallback mode is supposedly only temporary. All you need to do is extract the .tgz fi

Re: Gnome 3 and non-free firmware

2011-11-14 Thread Rares Aioanei
On 11/14/2011 03:04 AM, John S. wrote: I use Xfce on wheezy and and happy but I was interested enough to install gnome 3 on a spare drive. Everything went fine except that I was forced into using the fall back version as the installer couldn't find a suitable graphics (3D) driver. The on-board

Re: GNOME 3 Alt-Tab takes two hands now?

2011-11-14 Thread Arno Schuring
Kevin Ross (ke...@familyross.net on 2011-11-13 19:38 -0800): > If you have two windows open for the same application, the Alt-Tab > popup combines them into a single icon. To switch between windows of > the same application, you have to hit the down arrow while the popup > is up. So you have to h

Re: GNOME 3 - Issues regarding to window size and font

2011-11-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2011-11-14 at 09:19 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > E.g. the Window of Tweak Advanced Settings can't be enlarged, so there > seems to be a limit for the allowed size of the used font. > > I'm using DejaVu Sans Book 12 and this seems to be the limit, since some > borders already aren't shown i

Re: GNOME 3 extensions that mimic GNOME 2

2011-11-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2011-11-13 at 23:30 -0300, Carlo Borelli wrote: > 2011/11/13 Kevin Ross > I just found some extensions that give your desktop a GNOME 2 > look and feel. I guess it's kinda like fallback mode, but > fallback mode is supposedly only temporary. > > Al

Re: Gnome 3 and non-free firmware

2011-11-13 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2011-11-13 at 20:04 -0500, John S. wrote: > I use Xfce on wheezy and and happy but I was interested enough to > install gnome 3 on a spare drive. Everything went fine except that I > was forced into using the fall back version as the installer couldn't > find a suitable graphics (3D) driver

Re: GNOME 3 extensions that mimic GNOME 2

2011-11-13 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2011-11-13 at 13:32 -0800, Kevin Ross wrote: > I just found some extensions that give your desktop a GNOME 2 look and > feel. I guess it's kinda like fallback mode, but fallback mode is > supposedly only temporary. > > All you need to do is extract the .tgz file into your home folder, l

Re: GNOME 3 extensions that mimic GNOME 2

2011-11-13 Thread Carlo Borelli
2011/11/13 Kevin Ross > I just found some extensions that give your desktop a GNOME 2 look and > feel. I guess it's kinda like fallback mode, but fallback mode is > supposedly only temporary. > > All you need to do is extract the .tgz file into your home folder, log out > and log back in. Easy

Re: GNOME 3 - Help needed - Testing upgraded from GNOME 2 to GNOME 3

2011-11-13 Thread Arno Schuring
Selim T. Erdogan (se...@alumni.cs.utexas.edu on 2011-11-13 05:32 -0600): > Arno Schuring, 12.11.2011: > > > > Ralf Mardorf (ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net on 2011-11-11 23:51 +0100): > > > > > > Before I run the upgrade I saved a backup of my GNOME 2 Debian. Is > > > there the need to restore Debian

Re: GNOME 3 - Help needed - Testing upgraded from GNOME 2 to GNOME 3

2011-11-13 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Forwarded Message From: Ralf Mardorf To: Arno Schuring Subject: Re: GNOME 3 - Help needed - Testing upgraded from GNOME 2 to GNOME 3 Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:13:01 +0100 On Sat, 2011-11-12 at 23:30 +0100, Arno Schuring wrote: > Allow me to join the choir :) :D >

Re: GNOME 3 issue - Evolution is offline due to a network outage

2011-11-13 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2011-11-12 at 20:24 -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > after upgrading all packages to latest GNOME 3 versions from testing > > Evolution still starts with "Evolution is currently offline due to a > > network outage. Evolution will return to online mode once a network > > co

Re: GNOME 3 - Help needed - Testing upgraded from GNOME 2 to GNOME 3

2011-11-13 Thread Selim T. Erdogan
Arno Schuring, 12.11.2011: > > Ralf Mardorf (ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net on 2011-11-11 23:51 +0100): > > > > Before I run the upgrade I saved a backup of my GNOME 2 Debian. Is > > there the need to restore Debian from the backup, or is there a way > > to get back a usable DE, by editing GNOME 3? >

Re: GNOME 3 issue - Evolution is offline due to a network outage

2011-11-12 Thread Bob Proulx
Ralf Mardorf wrote: > after upgrading all packages to latest GNOME 3 versions from testing > Evolution still starts with "Evolution is currently offline due to a > network outage. Evolution will return to online mode once a network > connection is established". It's impossible to connect it. Evolut

Re: GNOME 3 - Help needed - Testing upgraded from GNOME 2 to GNOME 3

2011-11-12 Thread Arno Schuring
Allow me to join the choir :) I actually had high hopes for some of the stuff. Integrating IM account control in the top right menu is a great idea, and I like the way notifications are presented. But empathy is possibly even worse than Evolution, it won't connect to half of my accounts and "invis

Re: GNOME 3 - Help needed - Testing upgraded from GNOME 2 to GNOME 3

2011-11-12 Thread Selim T. Erdogan
Ralf Mardorf, 11.11.2011: > > GNOME 3 what an odd DE. > > Is there a way to get back a panel that enables to switch between workspaces > and to switch between apps? > > Is there a way to get back classic menus to launch apps? Even Ctrl+F2 lost > comfort. Try using gnome-session-fallback. It's

Re: GNOME 3 - Help needed - Testing upgraded from GNOME 2 to GNOME 3

2011-11-11 Thread Richard
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:51:16 +0100 "Ralf Mardorf" wrote: > Hahaha :D > > GNOME 3 what an odd DE. > Missing features (weather, restart option etc.), Evolution doesn't work, > because it can't connect to > the network, it tries to force us to install pulseaudio, it completely breaks > the workfl

Re: gnome 3 refugee; How to just run compiz as the Window Manager, no "session" management

2011-11-11 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Weaver wrote: On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:17:10 -0500 Celejar wrote: On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:20:33 -0600 Paul Johnson wrote: ... Here's my angry rant: I'm an old timer, can remember time when "startx" would just call a window manager and start a terminal, before Gnome, KDE, etc existed. I sti

Re: gnome 3 refugee; How to just run compiz as the Window Manager, no "session" management

2011-11-10 Thread Weaver
On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:17:10 -0500 Celejar wrote: > On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:20:33 -0600 > Paul Johnson wrote: > > ... > > > Here's my angry rant: > > > > I'm an old timer, can remember time when "startx" would just call a > > window manager and start a terminal, before Gnome, KDE, etc > > exi

Re: gnome 3 refugee; How to just run compiz as the Window Manager, no "session" management

2011-11-10 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:20:33 -0600 Paul Johnson wrote: ... > Here's my angry rant: > > I'm an old timer, can remember time when "startx" would just call a > window manager and start a terminal, before Gnome, KDE, etc existed. I still do exactly this with XFCE (although I believe some other st

Re: Gnome 3 crash with iceweasel and chromium

2011-10-27 Thread José Silva
On 25/10/11 16:03, Camaleón wrote: (...) - Have you tried with a different and fresh-new user? Not yet. I'm reluctant to play with that and loose control of my current setup. I'll do it if you think it's necessary. What makes you think that creating a new user will make you to loose the contr

Re: Gnome 3 crash with iceweasel and chromium

2011-10-25 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:32:25 +0100, José Silva wrote: > On 23/10/11 15:04, Camaleón wrote: > (...) >>> (gnome-settings-daemon:7788): Gdk-WARNING **: gnome-settings-daemon: >>> Fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server :0. >> >> (...) >> >> Ah, then this time it seems is not just gn

Re: Gnome 3 crash with iceweasel and chromium

2011-10-23 Thread José Silva
On 23/10/11 15:04, Camaleón wrote: (...) (gnome-settings-daemon:7788): Gdk-WARNING **: gnome-settings-daemon: Fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server :0. (...) Ah, then this time it seems is not just gnome-shell that crashes but the whole X server... - What about the Xorg lo

Re: Gnome 3 crash with iceweasel and chromium

2011-10-23 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 13:07:28 +0100, José Silva wrote: > On 19/10/11 14:25, Camaleón wrote: >> If the crash is fully reproducible, that's something to take into >> account. > > It became random and less frequent. Maybe because some packages have been updated :-) > (...) >> Okay, you can grep th

Re: Gnome 3 crash with iceweasel and chromium

2011-10-23 Thread José Silva
On 19/10/11 14:25, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:01:59 +0100, José Silva wrote: a few days ago, when it became available, and now I'm experiencing crashes (goes to login screen) with several web pages. Sometimes it repeats with the specific page, sometimes not. Happens both with icewea

Re: Gnome 3 crash with iceweasel and chromium

2011-10-19 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:01:59 +0100, José Silva wrote: > On 18/10/11 15:54, Camaleón wrote: (...) >>> a few days ago, when it became available, and now I'm experiencing >>> crashes (goes to login screen) with several web pages. Sometimes it >>> repeats with the specific page, sometimes not. Happe

Re: Gnome 3 crash with iceweasel and chromium

2011-10-19 Thread José Silva
On 18/10/11 15:54, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:51:33 +0100, José Silva wrote: I smoothly upgraded my sid install to Gnome 3 GNOME3 ! gnome-shell :-) I have gnome3 installed but (still) not gnome-shell, they are different things (gnome3 is the whole environment and gnome-shell is t

Re: Gnome 3 crash with iceweasel and chromium

2011-10-18 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:51:33 +0100, José Silva wrote: > I smoothly upgraded my sid install to Gnome 3 GNOME3 ! gnome-shell :-) I have gnome3 installed but (still) not gnome-shell, they are different things (gnome3 is the whole environment and gnome-shell is the UI). > a few days ago, when it

Re: Gnome 3 and VirtualBox

2011-10-16 Thread José Silva
On 16/10/11 10:34, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 23:04:33 +0100, José Silva wrote: On 15/10/11 19:31, José Silva wrote: (...) With Gnome 3, to start, I don't know how to switch to another desktop if I am in VirtualBox fullscreen. Windows absorbs the Windows key, of course, which is als

Re: Gnome 3 and VirtualBox

2011-10-16 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 23:04:33 +0100, José Silva wrote: > On 15/10/11 19:31, José Silva wrote: >>> (...) >>> >> With Gnome 3, to start, I don't know how to switch to another >> desktop if I am in VirtualBox fullscreen. Windows absorbs the >> Windows key, of course, which is also the Gnom

Re: Gnome 3 and VirtualBox

2011-10-15 Thread José Silva
On 15/10/11 19:31, José Silva wrote: (...) With Gnome 3, to start, I don't know how to switch to another desktop if I am in VirtualBox fullscreen. Windows absorbs the Windows key, of course, which is also the Gnome 3 hot key, and the top left screen corner is occupied by VB. Does anyone know?

Re: Gnome 3 and VirtualBox

2011-10-15 Thread José Silva
On 15/10/11 17:56, Camaleón wrote: (...) With Gnome 3, to start, I don't know how to switch to another desktop if I am in VirtualBox fullscreen. Windows absorbs the Windows key, of course, which is also the Gnome 3 hot key, and the top left screen corner is occupied by VB. Does anyone know? (

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